Shreyas Iyer
IPL 2025: Preparations for IPL 2025 have started. BCCI has also announced that the next season of the Indian Premier League will be played from March 21. However, the complete schedule is yet to be announced. Meanwhile, the teams have started finalizing their preparations. Although the names of the captains of many teams were already decided, those who were not confirmed have also started announcing them now. Even after this, there are some teams which have not yet announced their captain. It is expected that their names will also be revealed soon.
Shreyas Iyer will be the new captain of Punjab Kings
At the time of IPL 2025 auction itself, it was decided that Shreyas Iyer would be the new captain of Punjab Kings. The team had brought him to their side by spending huge amount on him during the auction itself. Now it has been officially announced by Punjab Kings that Shreyas Iyer will be the new captain of Punjab Kings. Shreyas Iyer was in great demand during the IPL auction. Shreyas Iyer had won the title for KKR i.e. Kolkata Knight Riders under his captaincy. But who knows what happened that even after this, KKR released him. In the prize war between several teams, Punjab Kings had succeeded in getting Shreyas in their side. Now he will be seen taking charge of the team.
Captains of 6 IPL teams have been decided so far
Meanwhile, if we talk about those teams whose captains have been decided, then there are 6 such teams. Ruturaj Gaikwad will once again be seen captaining Chennai Super Kings. It is another matter that till now the CSK team has not been able to show anything special under his captaincy, even after this the trust in him will remain intact. Mumbai Indians will be captained by Hardik Pandya, there should not be much doubt about it. Even under his captaincy, he has not been able to take MI to the level it was before he became the captain. Pat Cummins will be the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad this time too. Under his captaincy, the team had shown an amazing performance last year, it is another matter that the team has not been able to win the title in the last few years. Sanju Samson will be seen captaining Rajasthan Royals, while Shubman Gill will take charge of Gujarat Titans.
Captains of these teams are yet to be announced
If we talk about those teams whose captains have not been decided yet, the first name that comes in it is Delhi Capitals. Before this, Rishabh Pant was captaining the team. Now he has gone to another team. Apart from KL Rahul and him, Delhi Capitals has many other contenders who can take over the responsibility of captaincy. Talking about RCB, they will also have to announce the captain this time. As of now, it is believed that Virat Kohli will be given the responsibility of captaincy again.
KKR and LSG teams will also announce soon
Who will be the new captain of KKR is yet to be revealed. After the departure of Shreyas Iyer, the team is facing a big crisis regarding the captain. But the good thing is that the team has many names who can take this responsibility, but until the announcement is made, it will not be appropriate to say anything. It is not clear yet who will take charge of Lucknow Super Giants, but it is expected that Rishabh Pant can become the new captain of this team. He is the strongest contender, but the management has not announced this yet.
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